Recent content by Anthony V

Although it would add time to the schedule, rerouting the Silver Star between Columbia, SC and Savannah, GA to serve Augusta, GA could pick up some additional ridership for that train. This would especially be true during the annual Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, as many...

I just took another Hiawatha Service trip to Chicago with my friends on Saturday, March 16th. This time, we boarded from the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and took an earlier train so we could spend more time at our destination in Chicago (Museum of Science and Industry) than we got to last time...

I boarded the train at the Milwaukee Airport station.

Have there been any recent updates on the Venture cafe cars? I heard that they were supposed to start being put into service this year, but the year is just about over and I've heard no updates in months. What's been going on?

Where did you hear that Metra is considering running service to Madison, WI? If true, would this proposal go through Janesville?

I went on my first Amtrak trip yesterday (Hiawatha Service), and the train I rode in both ways had the new Venture cars. The seats, while narrow, were not all that uncomfortable. They even had a place to rest your head so you could take a nap. The recline, however, was so small that I thought...

I went on my first Amtrak trip yesterday (Hiawatha Service), and the train I rode in both ways had the new Venture cars. The seats, while narrow, were not all that uncomfortable. They even had a place to rest your head so you could take a nap. The recline, however, was so small that I thought...

I'm going on my first Amtrak train trip on the Hiawatha next week, so the timing for the new equipment couldn't be better for me. I'm looking forward to the experience.

Where did you hear this? I just googled for news about this, and all I got were old articles stating that the train was increasing speeds to 90 mph from late 2021.

Due to the abandonment of the trackage on the former National Limited's route in Western Ohio and Eastern Indiana shortly after that route's discontinuance, I have an alternative idea. In lieu of restoring the NL to it's former route, I submitted the idea to split a daily Cardinal at...

Like the San Francisco Chief?

Making the Capitol Limited a single level train, along with rehabbing a few Sightseer Lounges, could free up enough Superliners to allow the Sunset Limited to go to daily service. That being said, infrastructure improvements along the route needed for daily service would still need to be funded...

It came to the Gulf Coast as a deadhead equipment move coupled to the City of New Orleans.

Here is a video filmed by one of my friends in Dekalb, Illinois showing another new Via Rail corridor trainset being delivered. How many trainsets have since been delivered?

Are these steel platforms just temporary ones or are they the way Amtrak plans to bring the stations up to ADA compliance?